Baylor returns to action Saturday, Nov. 4, traveling to Lubbock, Texas, for a Big 12 Conference intra-division game at Texas Tech. Kickoff between the Bears and the Red Raiders is scheduled for 11:10 a.m. CST at Jones AT&T Stadium. The game will be televised live on Fox Sports Net.

The Bears (4-5, 3-2) dropped a 31-21 decision at home last Saturday night against 22nd-ranked Texas A&M. Baylor is 1-2 on the road this season, 1-1 on an opponent's home field.

The Red Raiders (5-4, 2-3) lost 35-31 at home to fifth-ranked Texas last Saturday night. Tech is 2-2 at home this season, including an 0-2 mark in Big 12 play with losses to Texas and Missouri.

BAYLOR-TEXAS TECH SERIES

This is the 65th meeting between Baylor and Texas Tech. The Bears lead the all-time series 32-31-1, but the Red Raiders have won the last 10 meetings. Baylor's last victory over Tech was a 9-7 win at home in 1995 when the Red Raiders were ranked 24th nationally. Baylor has not won at Tech since a 21-15 victory in 1990. The Red Raiders were 28-0 winners at Floyd Casey Stadium last year. The series dates back to Nov. 2, 1929, a 34-0 Baylor victory in Waco. The teams have met every season since 1956.

SERIES NOTES:Tech's current 10-game series winning streak is the Red Raiders' longest against the Bears. Baylor enjoyed an 11-game winning streak from 1947 to 1960. ... Baylor scored 21 fourth-quarter points in its 42-28 victory in 1968. It was the most points a Baylor team had ever scored in the fourth quarter, a mark which has been matched four times since. ... In 1980, the Bears held the Red Raiders to minus-36 yards rushing on 47 attempts, the second-best defensive performance by a Baylor squad and the school modern record (since 1950). ... In 2003, Maurice Lane registered 23 tackles against Tech, tied for the fifth-best single-game performance in school history and the most since Mike Singletary had 23 stops against the Raiders in 1979. ... Two of the six longest kick returns in Baylor history have come against Texas Tech. Robert Quiroga tied the school record with a 100-yard kickoff return in 2003, and Bill Coleman's 91-yard punt return in 1942 remains tied for third in school history. ... Of Baylor's 28 all-time 300-yard passing games, four came against Tech: 377 in 1986 (fourth), 347 in 1989 (seventh), 315 in 1983 (tied-16th) and 304 in 1998 (26th). ... When Bob Trout snagged 10 receptions for 119 yards against Tech in 1951, he became the first Bear to reach double figures in catches in a single game. ... Greg Hawthorne's 80-yard run in 1977 remains tied for the second-longest rush in school history. ... Gary Blair rushed for 199 yards on 30 carries against the Raiders in 1976, the third-best single-game total at Baylor. ... Trent Shelton's 71-yard TD run at Texas Tech in 2004 tied for the 14th-longest in school history.

Overall:Baylor leads 32-31-1

Waco:Baylor leads 18-10-0

Lubbock:Texas Tech leads 21-14-1

Neutral Site:never met

Since Start of Big 12:Texas Tech leads 10-0

SERIES SUPERLATIVES

Most Points Scored, Baylor:45 (1986)

Most Points Scored, Texas Tech:63 (2001)

Most Points Scored, both teams:82 (2001, TTU 63-19)

Largest Margin of Victory, Baylor:34-0 (1929)

Largest Margin of Victory, Texas:62-11 (2002)

LAST MEETING

No. TEXAS TECH 28, BAYLOR 0

OCT. 29, 2005FLOYD CASEY STADIUMWACO, TEXAS

No. 17 Texas Tech scored three touchdowns in the final 10:32 in a 28-0 victory in a game that was closer than the final score indicated.

Trailing 6-0, Baylor got the ball back on the first play of the fourth quarter on a Texas Tech punt. However, the Bears could not manage a first down and were forced to punt.

On Tech's ensuing drive, the Red Raiders marched 68 yards on five plays for its first touchdown drive of the game. Facing third-and-6 from midfield, Tech quarterback Cody Hodges found Robert Johnson for a short gain across the middle. However, Johnson slipped three tackles and out-raced another would-be tackler all the way to the end zone. The Raiders converted on a two-point conversion attempt, pushing their lead to 14-0.

Tech added another touchdown with just under six minutes to play. Taurean Henderson rushed 60 yards to the Baylor 13, the longest play from scrimmage against Baylor's defense since its 2004 season opener. Three plays later, Henderson plunged into the end zone from 2 yards out. A 65-yard Antonio Huffman interception return set up Tech's last score -- a 1-yard Henderson TD run with 2:48 to play.

Baylor's defense dominated the first 49 minutes of the game before Johnson's 50-yard TD reception. The Bears held Tech to only a pair of first-half field goals and 202 total yards through the game's first three quarters. However, the Raiders racked up 173 yards from scrimmage in the game's final quarter.

The Bears missed a 36-yard field goal attempt late in the first half's final minute. Baylor also took another field goal off the board. Ryan Havens made true on a 22-yarder on the first drive of the second half, but Tech was called for running into the kicker. The Bears elected to accept the penalty, setting up fourth-and-goal at the 2. However, Paul Mosley's dive to the end zone landed just short, giving the Raiders the ball at their own 1.

QUICK NOTES

 A win over Texas Tech would give Baylor ... its first four-win conference season since the Bears went 5-2 in 1995, the final season of the Southwest Conference ... a record of at least .500 through 10 games for the first time since 1995 (6-4).

 Baylor is tied for 11th nationally with 21 turnovers forced. Baylor has forced 50 turnovers since the start of the 2005 season, tied for fifth nationally among Division I-A teams.

 Baylor has out-scored its opponents 142-83 in the first half over the last 10 games and held the lead at halftime in seven of those 10 games.

 23 of Baylor's 33 offensive scoring drives have lasted less than three minutes.

 Seven of Baylor's 33 offensive scoring drive have been less than one minute in duration (four have been less than 40 seconds).

 Baylor has logged 21 plays longer than 40 yards this season in nine games, including 13 in Big 12 play. The Bears totaled 11 plays longer than 40 yards in 11 games last season.

 Six of Baylor's seven longest plays this season have come in the last three games.

 Baylor has committed 29 offensive penalties on 24 drives this season. Only 10 times have the Bears overcome an offensive penalty to gain a first down (twice by virtue of a defensive penalty). Only five times has Baylor overcome an offensive penalty to score on that drive without benefit of a defensive penalty.

 Baylor has committed only one offensive penalty in the last two games.

 QB Shawn Bell's career interception percentage of .0186 is tied for the second lowest of any active Division I-A quarterback with at least 500 attempts and the lowest of any quarterback with at least 600 attempts.

 LB Joe Pawelek leads all NCAA Division I-A freshmen with 7.8 tackles per game, 1.4 more than any other freshman in the Big 12.

BELL SUSTAINS CAREER-ENDING KNEE INJURY

QB Shawn Bell sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the fourth quarter in last Saturday's game against Texas A&M, bringing to an end one of best careers in Baylor football history. Bell is scheduled to have surgery to repair the ligament in three weeks.

Simply put, Bell re-wrote the Baylor records book, breaking every game, season and career school record save three. He finished second in career passing yardage, just 329 yards shy of J.J. Joe's mark. Bell also tied Tom Mueke's single-game pass attempts record two weeks ago against Kansas, and he joined Neal Jeffrey and Cody Carlson as the only Baylor quarterbacks with two 300-yard passing games in the same season.

Bell finished his career 559-of-914 for 5,666 yards and 38 touchdowns with 17 interceptions. He is the only quarterback in school history to complete at least 25 touchdown passes who did not have at least 27 interceptions and one of only three in that nine-man group to have more touchdown passes than interceptions.

Of Baylor's 11 all-time Big 12 wins, Bell was the starting quarterback in six. He is the only Baylor quarterback to win a Big 12 road game, winning at IowaState in 2005 and at Colorado this season.

In four seasons, Bell started just 22 games and re-wrote the school records book without starting more than nine games in any season.

Bell is the third Baylor quarterback since 1990 to sustain a career-ending injury during his senior season, joining Brad Goebel (1990) and Aaron Karas (2004).

Here is a look at Baylor records established by Bell with the previous mark in parentheses:

 IR Andrew Heard began his collegiate career at Texas Tech. He completed his undergratuate degree at Tech in two-and-a-half years and currently is enrolled in Baylor's Truett Seminary.

 LB Paul Howard also began his collegiate career at Texas Tech (1998-99). He then spent four years in the U.S. Army before receiving an honorable discharge in 2004.

 Graduate Assistant David Nichol spent the last three seasons as a graduate assistant at Texas Tech.

 Offensive coordinator Lee Hays gleaned much of his knowledge of Baylor's spread offense from Texas Tech while he was at nearby West Texas A&M.

BAYLOR IN TELEVISED GAMES

Saturday's game is the 105th televised game in Baylor football history; the Bears are 37-65-2 all-time in televised games. Baylor is 2-11 in televised games under head coach Guy Morriss, including an 0-2 mark this season.

The Bears are 2-18 all-time on Fox Sports Net with wins over North CarolinaState (9.19.98) and Colorado (10.4.03).

BAYLOR AMONG NATION'S FASTEST-STRIKING OFFENSES

Through the first nine games of the season, Baylor has 12 touchdown drives of less than two minutes and 12 touchdown drives of five plays or less. The Bears are ninth nationally in most TD drives of less than two minutes. Baylor is tied for 13th nationally in most TD drives of five plays or less.

MOSLEY QUIETLY CLIMBS RUSHING YARDAGE CHART

RB Paul Mosley often gets over-looked in Baylor's spread offense. However, the senior became just the 11th player in school history to eclipse the 1,600-yard rushing plateau during last Saturday's game against Texas A&M.

Mosley has tallied 1,623 yards rushing while at Baylor, the 11th-best career total in school history. He needs 91 yards to pass Larry Hickman (1956-58) for 10th on Baylor's all-time list. Mosley also ranks eighth on Baylor's career rushing TD list with 16.

Baylor's 36-35 victory over Kansas two weeks ago marked the fourth time this season that Baylor's game was decided in the final two minutes of the game (includes overtime). This has happened eight times in Baylor games since the start of the 2004 season.

DATEOPPONENTW/LSCOREGAME-DECIDING SCORE/EVENTTIME

10/23/04Iowa StateL26-25Hicks 5-yard TD run0:41

10/30/04Texas A&MW35-34Bell-Zeigler 2-point conversionOT

10/1/05at Texas A&ML16-13Lewis 13-yard TD runOT

10/22/05at OklahomaL37-30OU TD/Baylor fails to score2OT

9/16/06at WSUL17-15Langley 17-yard FG0:09

9/23/06ArmyL27-20Army TD/Baylor fails to scoreOT

10/7/06at ColoradoW34-31Bell-Shelton TD pass/Pawelek INT3OT

10/21/06KansasW36-35Bell-Zeigler 10-yard TD pass1:08

BEARS' RECEIVER DUO AMONG NATION'S BEST

WRs Trent Shelton and Dominique Zeigler have proven to be one of the nation's most prolific receiving duos this season. Baylor is one of only seven teams nationally to have at least two receivers who are averaging at least 5.0 catches per game as of Oct. 30.

After averaging just 14.8 points per game in its first four Division I-A contests this season, Baylor's offense has averaged 30.5 points per game over the last four games. The Bears scored 30-plus points in three consecutive games earlier this season for the first time since 1991 (Missouri, 47; at SMU, 45; at Houston, 38).

Baylor also scored 30-plus points in three consecutive conference games for the first time in school history. It marked only the ninth time in the program's 105-year history that the Bears have scored 30-plus points in three consecutive games against any opponent (1901, 1910, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1929, 1987, 1991, 2006).

The Bears are 160-12-0 (.930) all-time when scoring at least 30 points, including an 8-2 mark under head coach Guy Morriss. Baylor's four 30-point games this season are the most since the 1995 squad also registered four. Baylor has scored 30-plus points five or more times in a season seven times, including record six-game seasons in 1992 and 1994.

JOE PAW PLAYS OLDER THAN AGE

Freshman All-America candidate LB Joe Pawelek has quickly made a name for himself on an all-ready strong Baylor defense.

Through the first nine games of his redshirt-freshman season, Pawelek leads the Bears with 70 tackles, including 39 solo efforts. He also has nine quarterback hurries (best on the team), 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, one interception and three passes broken up.

Pawelek leads all NCAA Division I-A freshmen with 7.8 tackles per game, 1.4 stops per contest more than any other freshman in the Big 12. He is eighth in the league and 74th nationally in tackles per game regardless of class.

After not starting the TCU and WashingtonState games, Pawelek has started six straight contests. He has averaged 8.6 tackles per game in seven starts, including career highs of 14 stops and 11 solo efforts at Colorado. His one interception ended Baylor's 34-31 triple-overtime victory against the Buffaloes.

BAYLOR TURNS OVER A NEW LEAF

Baylor ranked 113th nationally in turnover margin and forced just nine opponent miscues over the 11-game 2004 campaign. The Bears' defense has forced 50 turnovers (30 interceptions, 20 fumble recoveries) since the start of the 2005 season, tied for fifth nationally among Division I-A teams. Baylor has come up with at least one turnover in 18 of 20 games since the start of the 2005 season.

Over Guy Morriss' first two seasons on the Baylor sideline, Baylor's defense forced 34 turnovers in 23 games, compared to the 50 it has totaled over the last 20 outings.

Here is a look at teams nationally with the most turnovers forced since the start of the 2005 season:

1. TCU, 53

2. Miami (Ohio), 52

3. Texas, 51

LouisianaMonroe, 51

5. BAYLOR, 50

Florida, 50

7. Southern Mississippi, 49

8. Southern California, 48

Western Michigan, 48

10. Louisiana Tech, 47

Tulsa, 47

BoiseState, 47

Oregon, 47

Utah, 47

Nevada, 47

YOUNG LINEBACKER CORPS TACKLES PROBLEMS

Baylor's three main linebackers -- Joe Pawelek, Nick Moore and Antonio Jones -- rank first, second and eighth, respectively, on Baylor's tackles chart. The trio has combined for 160 tackles, including 77 solo stops, for an average of 17.8 tackles per game.

Jones and Pawelek both are redshirt freshmen. Moore, a junior, played all 11 games last season after transferring to Baylor from Georgia Tech; however, he never started a game until this season.

THE BEAR HAWKS

Baylor's defense has taken on a persona as ball hawks, forcing 50 turnovers since the start of the 2005 season and 20 this season. The Bears lead the Big 12 and are tied for fifth nationally with 14 interceptions this season.

Fourteen different Bears have have played a part in Baylor's 21 turnovers forced this season. Senior All-America and Thorpe Award candidate CB C.J. Wilson has picked off four passes, one of which he returned for a touchdown.

Here is a look at Baylor's 2006 totals for interceptions, fumbles forced and fumble recoveries:

In three-plus seasons under head coach Guy Morriss, Baylor has established a bit of a vicenary rule on the scoreboard. The Bears are 13-9 when scoring at least 20 points and 2-19 when scoring less than 20 points since the start of the 2003 season. Likewise, the Bears are 9-3 when holding the opponent to fewer than 20 points and 6-25 when allowing 20 or more points in that time.

Baylor's lone victories when scoring less than 20 points since the start of the 2003 season came in Morriss' first victory with the Bears -- a 10-7 win over SMU at Floyd Casey Stadium -- and a 17-3 win over Kansas State ealier this season that snapped a 17-game losing streak when scoring less than 20 points.

In fact, since 1995, Baylor has won a game when scoring less than 20 points only five times: 14-0 at North Carolina State in 1995, 14-13 at Louisville in 1996, 16-13 in overtime vs. New Mexico in 2001, the 2003 SMU game and this season against Kansas State.

Baylor's 34-31 victory at Colorado snapped a six-game losing streak for Baylor when its opponent scores at least 20 points. However, Colorado scored only 17 points in regulation. Baylor's win against Kansas two weeks ago was the Bears' first when allowing 20-plus points in regulation since a 28-23 victory at SMU to open the 2005 season.

Furthermore, Baylor is 10-11 under Morriss when holding the opponent to fewer than 20 first downs and 5-17 when the opponent records at least 20 first downs.

SHELTON, ZEIGLER: BAYLOR'S BEST RECEIVER DUO EVER

WRs Trent Shelton and Dominique Zeigler claimed the epithet of Baylor's all-time best receiving duo earlier this season. Shelton and Zeigler have combined for 304 receptions as teammates, breaking the previous Baylor record of 265 receptions amassed by teammates Reggie Newhouse and Robert Quiroga during the 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons.

Zeigler (155) enters the Texas Tech game third in career receptions at Baylor, while Shelton (149) is fourth. Newhouse (1999-02) holds the all-time Baylor mark at 183. The only other Baylor receivers to amass at least 100 career receptions are Gerald McNeil (163), Lawrence Elkins (144) and Quiroga (131).

Shelton enters the Texas Tech game fifth all-time at Baylor with 1,886 career receiving yards. He needs 99 yards to pass Melvin Bonner (1,984; 1989-92) for fourth place and 114 yards to join McNeil, Newhouse and Elkins as the only Baylor receivers to reach the 2,000-yard plateu.

Zeigler enters the Texas Tech game sixth all-time at Baylor with 1,815 career receiving yards.

SHELTON EXTENDS CONSECUTIVE RECEPTIONS RECORD

WR Trent Shelton has at least one reception in a Baylor record 42 consecutive games. Shelton's streak is the fourth-longest among active players in Division I-A. The Texas A&M game snapped his streaks of 18 consecutive games with at least two receptions and five consecutive games with at least one TD reception.

WR Dominique Zeigler has recorded at least one reception in 29 consecutive games, tied for the 11th-longest streak in Division I-A. In fact, Zeigler has recorded at least two receptions in each of those 29 games.

Baylor is the only team in the nation with two receivers with active streaks of 25-plus games.

 P Daniel Sepulveda ranks first in punts (260), first in punting yardage (11,733), third in punts per game (6.0) and second in average (45.13).

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

Anthony Arline's 40-yard fumble recovery returned for a touchdown against WashingtonState was Baylor's second non-offensive score of the game, third of the season and 16th in 43 games under head coach Guy Morriss.

Baylor has scored on 11 of the 21 turnovers it has forced over the season's first nine games.

Eight of Baylor's last 17 interceptions have led to scores, including six touchdowns and two returned for touchdowns. Two of those interceptions were on the game's final play. Three of those 16 interceptions were in the 2005 season finale against OklahomaState.

Baylor has recorded three interceptions in a game three times this season and four times in the last 10 contests.

P Daniel Sepulveda enters the Texas Tech game with 260 career punts for 11,733 yards, an average of 45.13 yards per punt. He is on pace to break former Texas A&M punter Shane Lechler's NCAA Division I-A record for yards per punt with at least 250 career punts (44.69, 1996-99). His average also is better than Ray Guy's (44.70 on 200 punts, Southern Mississippi, 1970-72).

Sepulveda reached the 11,000-yard plateau during the Colorado game, becoming only the 25th player in NCAA history to accomplish the feat.

With 87 career punts of at least 50 yards, Sepulveda is two shy of breaking the NCAA record held by Brian Smith (Mississippi, 1983-86).

Sepulveda has averaged 40.0 yards per punt 34 times in games with at least four punts. He needs three more such games to match the NCAA record shared by Lechler and former Ryan Plackemeier (Wake Forest, 2002-05).

NOTES FROM THE TEXAS A&M GAME

 Floyd Casey Stadium record attendance of 51,385.

 Fourth crowd over 50,000 in stadium history, all against Texas A&M.

 Season-to-date total attendance of 228,338 is the largest at Baylor since the school-record total of 240,367 over six games in 1991.

 Baylor did not allow a score in the third quarter for the second consecutive game and the third time this season (Kansas State, Kansas, Texas A&M).

 The Bears failed to force a turnover, snapping a streak of 10 consecutive games forcing at least one turnover.

 QB Shawn Bell's 79-yard first-quarter TD pass to Dominique Zeigler was the longest pass of Bell's career, the longest reception of Zeigler's career and the 15th-longest pass play in Baylor history.

 Zeigler's first-quarter TD reception was the 13th of his career. He moved into a tie for fifth all-time at Baylor.

 Zeigler turned in the second-best receiving yardage game in school history with 180 yards on five receptions.

 WR Trent Shelton snapped a streak of 18 consecutive games with at least two receptions.

Baylor plays its final road game of the regular season Saturday, Nov. 11, traveling to Stillwater, Okla., for a Big 12 South showdown at OklahomaState. Kickoff between the Bears and the Cowboys is scheduled for 11:37 a.m. CST at Boone Pickens Stadium.